This document defines and provides examples of various types of figurative language including metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, and idiom. Metaphors compare two things without using like or as, while similes directly compare two things using like or as. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds and personification gives human qualities to non-human things. Onomatopoeia imitates natural sounds and idioms are phrases with meanings not determined by their literal definitions. Examples for each are given from internet sources and personal experiences.

1. Figurative language By: Michael Fechtmann December 2008

2. Metaphor definition Comparison between 2 things

3. Metaphor internet examples A warm reception http://knowgramming.com/metaphors/metaphor_chapters/metaphor_examples-sensory.htm

4. Metaphor personal examples The sweet smell of success

5. Simile definition Comparison between 2 things Uses like or as

6. Simile internet example As alike as two peas in a pod

7. Simile personal example As Sharpe as a marble

8. Alliteration definition Repetition of consonant sounds

9. Alliteration internet example Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

10. Alliteration personal example See Sandy sell sandwiches in the sandwich shop.

11. Personification definition A type of metaphor in which distinct human qualities

12. Personification internet examples Snow speaks to the people its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

13. Personification personal example TV is my friend

14. Onomatopoeia definition Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in world form.

15. Onomatopoeia internet examples Bzz bzz bzz

16. Onomatopoeia personal example Click click click

17. Idiom definition is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by the literal definition of the phrase itself

18. Idiom internet example "The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water ." (Stendhal)

19. Idiom personal example I am broke and I cannot go to a movie tonight.